Chiral pyrrolidine sulfonamide catalyzed enantioselective Michael addition of cyclohexanones to maleimides

Synlett

Volumn , Issue 4, 2011, Pages 473-476

  Wang, Jian ^a   Zhang, Man Man ^b   Zhang, Shieli ^a   Xu, Zi An ^b   Li, Hao ^c   Yu, Xin Hong ^b   Wang, Wei ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

cyclic ketones; maleimides; Michael reaction; pyrrolidine sulfonamide

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANONE DERIVATIVE; MALEIMIDE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; SUCCINIMIDE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MICHAEL ADDITION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79951856418     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: 14372096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259517     Document Type: Article

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